Victim Privacy in the Digital Age: Protecting Against Information Exposure
How court records, media coverage, and social media combine to expose crime victims—and what victim-centered justice systems must change.
Prosecutorial Discretion and Victim Interests: Misaligned Incentives in Case Charging
The decisions that most affect crime victims are made without them—here's how prosecutorial charging could change.
Child Witnesses to Violence: Developmental Approaches to Justice System Accommodation
When children witness violence, justice systems must adapt to developing minds rather than forcing developing minds to adapt to adult procedures.
The Victim Services Workforce Crisis: Burnout, Turnover, and Systemic Neglect
Victim services organizations burn through workers at devastating rates—and victims pay the hidden price of institutional instability.
When Victims Want What We Don't: Navigating Autonomous Preferences in Victim Services
What victim-centered practice really means when survivors make choices we'd never recommend
Financial Restitution Reality: Why Victims Rarely Receive Court-Ordered Compensation
Court-ordered restitution promises financial restoration to crime victims but delivers symbolic gestures while billions go uncollected.
Homicide Co-Victims: Transforming Criminal Justice Response to Families of Murder
Why families of murder victims face institutional abandonment—and how specialized, sustained support transforms criminal justice into genuine victim service.
Victim Impact Statements: Performative Ritual or Meaningful Voice?
Examining whether victim impact statements genuinely serve those harmed or primarily fulfill institutional functions with limited therapeutic benefit
Restorative Justice Without Victim Coercion: Principles for Genuine Participation
Ensuring restorative programs honor victim autonomy by eliminating subtle pressures that transform voluntary participation into navigated expectation.
The Forgotten Victims: How Property Crime Minimization Compounds Psychological Harm
Property crime inflicts psychological wounds that justice systems routinely dismiss—understanding this trauma is essential to serving all victims effectively.
The Illusion of Closure: What Victims Actually Need From Justice Outcomes
Why conviction and punishment fail to deliver the psychological healing victims need, and what actually supports recovery from crime.
Trauma-Informed Courts: Moving Beyond Buzzwords to Structural Change
A critical framework for distinguishing genuine trauma accommodation from institutional rhetoric that protects courts while failing victims.
Why Victims Abandon Prosecution: Understanding Attrition Beyond 'Uncooperative Witnesses'
How justice systems drive victims away through trauma, barriers, and institutional indifference—and what victim-centered design can change.
Intimate Partner Violence: Why Traditional Prosecution Models Fail Victims
Traditional prosecution endangers domestic violence survivors—coordinated community response models show how victim safety and real accountability can work together.